Horizontal honey-extractor.



Wn W. SOMERFORD.

HORIZONTAL HONEVEXTRACTUR.

APPLICAHON FILED DELTA. 1916.

Patented July 23, 1918.

4 SHEETS-SHEET I.

W. W. SOMEHFORD.

mmzomm. HONEY EXTRACT R.

APPLICATION Fi'LEU DEC. 14. I916.

Pmanfieri July 23, 1918.

4 SHEETSSHEET 2- m: mamas Pars/ls m, FHD10-LITIm.. wasmncmn. u. c.

W. W SOMERFORD.

HORIZONTAL HONEY EXTRAGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 14,1916.

--Pa mnted. July 23, 1918.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

1m: NORRrS PETERS co I'M/w Lmm WA sums mm. D. c.

W. WLSOMERFORD. HGRlZONTAL HONEY EXTRACTOR. APPLICATION HLED DEC. I4,191".

Patented July 25 .iEETS SHEU 4 mmmww WALTER "W. SOMEBFOR-D, OF ROSSLYN,VIRGINIA.

HORIZONTAL HONEY-EXTRACTUR.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER W. Sonia:- vein),a citizen of the United States, residing at Rosslyn, in the county ofAlexandria, in the State of Virginia, have invented a new and usefulHorizontal lioney-Extractor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to washing clothes, and extracting honey from thecombs with said combination cylinder machine, a cylinder body containerhorizontally mounted on legs to perform the two pnrposesextracting honeywith centrifugal force, or laundry washing with revolving clothes-combbaskets, and the object of my invention is to first provide a cylinderbody container, and therein revolve a horizontally mountedcylinder-carrying-cylinder with said baskets pivoted between thecylinder heads, each pair of baskets separately mounted therein, andbodily movable therewith: and sec ondly; to provide automatic means toreverse the baskets inone dirccticm while the cylinder is travelingwith. its axle continually straight-over in one direction, while thebasket-pockets rotate automatically at predetern'iined times,independent of the continuous travel of the driven cylinder that ismounted in centers of container body cylinder, and thirdly: to providecylinder construction readily closed and easily constructed withelimination of cross arms or bars, necessary in the perpendicular typeof open top extractors now in universal use.

means, allowing driven cylinder to travel continuously in one chrectionwhile clothes baskets rotate constantly on their several axes journaledin traveling cylinder heads,

between the periphery of the said cylinder heads and the driven axle, orshaft therein; said driven shaft arrying sleeve and threaded shoe, andautomatic means to engage at predetermined times with threads on a screwshaped shaft to cause to rotate clothes-honey baskets.

l[ attain these objects by mechanism shown in accompanying drawings.

These combination objects and how they are performed are shown in theaccompa nylng draw ng and described in the 513801 tierial No. 136,963.

:[ication and pointed out in the aflixed claims.

In the drawings like characters show like parts of the seve :11 views:

Figure l is a. top view looking down on the invention from above.

Fig. 2 is an end view with the cylinder head of the body containerremoved, to show clearly how the container-comb or clothespockets arereversed;

Fig. 3 is a view of the container body and rotatable cylinder split inhalf from end to end, of both container body and revoluble pocketcarrier cylinder.

l-Tig. -it is an end view of container pockets and Fig. 5 is a viewlooking through comb pockets showing separator sheets and screensattached to said metal sheet, with ribs to hold apart from said sheet,for the passing out and into the body container the honey as fast asthrown from the inner sides of combs onto said metal sheet-separator.

G is a view showing pockets in operati re position. with comb faces tothe pieriphcry and pull cords for reversing; also the retractile springfor returning to initial position.

Fig. 7 is a side view of the splined and threaded driven shaft, thatcarries thecylinder heads of .the rotatable pocket carrying cylinder;also showing toggle arm tripparallel, to rack and pinion-for determined,and predeteri'nined stopping,and re" versing when desired; the slidingsleeve carrying a threaded shoe, attached to an It attain this ob ect byrotating automatic end of said toggle arm to trip and mesh, and. nnmeshsaid threaded shoe alternately ateach end of rack, to go and come,pulling the reverse cords, tripping and releasing the springs to reverseautomatically at predeterniineditimes and places, for loading andunloading said revolving pockets.

Fig. 8 is an end View of the cylinder container body showing end ofdriven shaft and novel mode of raising or lowering the driving crank,also showing the legs of the horizontal cylinder body container.

Fig. 9 is a view showing through the broken away side of the pocket, howthe middle sheets, and ribs, can be removed,.or slid out of the groovesto increase the size of the pockets for laundry purposes as.

Patented ma as, are. i

provide a horizontal cylinder container,

which may be of any desirable material, with double sliding doors at thetop of cylinder container body for opening and closing said container,while loading and emptying said rotatable pockets, of the innercylinder. These sliding doors run in grooves in the container cylinderheads. But as this feature does not form the important part of theinvention, I desire not to limit myself to exact means of securing orsliding said doors. At the center of cylinder body container heads Iprovide at 11 and 12, bearings for the shaft that carries the insidecylinder heads seen in split section at 13 and 14: in Fig. 3 V

The said carrying shaft is grooved or split to carry sliding collar 16,which is moved along said splined shaft by its being threaded as seen inFig. 3, and inserted through said collar at 1-7 is a threaded shoeattached to the foot of toggle arm, said arm being tripped automaticallyat redetermined times, meshing and releasing said shoe threads fromtheir contact points as de sired, in a manner to pull the rotating cardsthat are twined about said rotatable receptacle pockets that also carryreversing spring, that are shown in Fig. 6 at '1819 20 and 21. 7

By referring to Fig; 7 a plainer view can behad of the reversemechanism, how it is tripped automatically at each end of its leeway; orstopped on the shaft and locked at any desired fixed point, by lever 22and pinion wheel 23 on rack 24, point of lever 25 and 26 act incombination, point 25 tripping toggle arm at 27 and 27 while point 26locks said pinion to rack 24:- The tripping device is automatic, exceptwhen desired to engagepinion wheel 28 to stop and hold said collar in aposition to load or unload pockets as shown'in Fig. 2, the loading orstarting point with mouths of pockets to periphery of cylinder containerbody. Fig. 4, 5, 9 and 10, show the pockets in different views, tounderstand their rotatable nature better, 29, 30, 31 and'32, shows theiraxis points that rest at 33, 84, 35 and 36 in 6, and in Fig. 2, at373839 and 10. Fig. 8 at 41 and 422 is seen the adjustable crankattachedto cylinder head for raising or lowering to suit the size of operator;43 and 44 show the end pair of legs attached to headsthat areperpendicular. 45 shows Water, or honey gate for emptying containercylinder. In pocket Fig. 9, is seen an important feature of thisinvention: The inner sheets that attach to ribs for letting out theextracted honey. The three sheets, two of wire and one of solidconstruction, are attached together forming the middle of the honeypockets, and removable to thus increase the size of the honey pockets tothe size of laundry clothes pockets. So when the machine is not wantedfor a honeycentrifugal, by sliding out the sheets that are attachedtogether (and washing it out the machine is thus turned into the mostuse ul home articlca high grade rotatable, automatic self-reversible,horizontal washing laundry machine.

The pockets being pivoted between two inner cylinder heads -16, that areseen in gether and partially closed at +l-7l8l9 and 50, respectively,making a revoluble drum, that revolves by the action of the crankattached at 51 on the outer ease in Fig. 1. By being closed and in aclosed cylinder, the high speed necessary for the perfect extraction ofhoney is much easier attained, as wind currents are shut out, which isnot so in the perpendicular type of open top honey centrifugal, that therats so readily enter and badly litter-up (even worse than soap suds),which can readily be washed outwith hot water, which is not the casewith our (ratty-scentcd), present open top perpendicular machines, thatare now in general use throughout the country. This horizontal type (topclosing), is a new feature never seen before in a honey centrifugal, norin this form of rotatable pocket washer, separate pockets for separatekinds of laundry to be washed. I am aware that prior to my invention,cylinder washing machines were in use, but none can, I find, having theadvantages of rotatably mounted clothes pockets, that are separatereceptacles, constantly reversing themselves at predetermined times, asthe cylinder revolves through the liquid, in said container body, forcleaning purposes. Therefore, I claim broadly a new feature combination,in extracting and washing machine.

I claim:

1. In a honey centrifugal a series of horizontally mounted comb pockets,means for centrifugally driving the same about a horizontal axis, withshifting means to reverse said pockets while under the action ofcentrifugal force, and automatic means to return the same to initialposition.

2. A. honey extractor frame structure revolubly mounted, a series ofcomb-pockets movable bodily with said frame, to cause the centrifugalextraction of honey, and automatic means to rotate on individual axisand return said pockets to position at predetermined times duringoperation.

3. in a horizontal honey extractor, a horizontal container body, acarrying structure rotatably mounted therein, comb-pockets carried bysaid structure, driving means for said carrying structure, means forreversing said pockets at fixed times during the operation ofcentrifugal force, and yieldable means for returning said pockets toinitial position at desired times of rotation.

i. In a centrifugal horizontal honey extractor, a container body, arotatable frame, comb-pockets in pairs rotatably mounted therein,resilient means to hold one side of said comb pockets outwardly for theaction of centrifugal force, and means for driving said frame, means todraw and reverse said comb pocket against the tension of its spring toreversed position, where the inner side of each pair will be thrown tothe outer position with respect to the carrying frame, and meansoperative at predetermined times to release said pairs of pockets forthe pnrpose of reversing the same.

In a. horizontal honey extractor a horizontal honey body container, ahorizontal carrying shaft, a horizontal frame structure fixed to saidshaft and rotatable bodily therewith, comb pockets normally associatedwith said frame structure and bodily movable therewith, resilient meansto retain said pockets in set position, a threaded shaft and a movablecollar thereon, means connecting said collar thereon, means connectingsaid collar with said comb-pockets, means to drive the shaft and rotatethe carrying frame structure, means to engage said collar with the screwthreads to slide the collar on the shaft, and means to release saidcollar from the screw at predetermined times, to permit said springs toreverse the side of the pockets.

6. In a horizontal centrifugal for honey, a horizontal body containerhaving disk heads, a carrying shaft supported in the heads of said bodycontainer, a frame struc' ture on said carrying shaft and rotatabletherewith, a number of pockets single or double, carried by said framestructure, and movable therewith, means to propel the shaft, coilsprings having one end fixed to said shaft and the other end attached tothe corners of the pockets, a sliding collar having screw engagementwith the shaft and movable horizontally thereon, pulleys journaled insaid collar, pliable cables allixed to the outer corners of the combpockets and trained around said pulleys, a cable to each pocket, and theother end of each cable attached to the rotatable cylinder head.

7. A horizontal *aclr bar, a grooved screw shaft parallel thereto, asliding-collar having pulleys thereon, and having means engaging thescrew-threads of the shaft, a pinion wheel supported by the collar andmeshing with rack-bar teeth, the lower one of which is attached to saidcollar, a trip and lock-lever attached to the upper toggle armsimultaneously as a trip for the toggle-arm, and a lock for thepinion-wheel, the lower end of the toggle arm lifting the threaded-shoeout of engagement with the threads on the shaft thus stopping therotation of the pockets at the desired loading position, and at the sametime permitting the cylinder to revolve until slowed-down to a stop withthe mouths of the pockets in their outer position for loading oremptying as desired.

8. The con'ibination of a grooved and threaded shaft, a sliding-collarthereon having means for engaging the screwthreads, and a rotatableframe affixed to the shaft with rotatable pockets therein, revolubleindependently, each on its own axis, independent of the direction ofrotation of the frame, cables attached to said collar and pockets toreverse the positions of the pockets and retractilesprings to returnthem to initial position, as specified.

9. The combination of a horizontal rotating frame, pockets revolublymounted thereon, means for reversing said pockets at predeterminedtimes, while the frame continuously travels in one direction, and acontainer cylinder surrounding said parts as specified.

lfn testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WALTER W. SOMERFURD.

topics of thla patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. U.

